Megan Thee Stallion’s Favorite Animes: How to Stream Them

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Megan Thee Stallion is and has always been an anime fan.

From whipping up creative cosplays of characters such as Satoru Gojo and Bruno Bucciarati, to bingeing the best of the best series out right now, Megan has been very vocal about her love of the Japanese animated genre over the years. The musician has even referenced some of her favorite anime series in some of her music videos and songs in tracks such as “Hiss” or “Otaku Hot Girl.”

As if all that wasn’t enough, in a 2020 interview with GQ, the rapper spoke on her love of anime in a video titled 10 Things Megan Thee Stallion Can’t Live Without. “I literally begin my day watching anime and I end my day watching anime,” the rapper began. “When I’m doing my makeup, I’ll have it playing in the background, and then before I go to sleep at night, it’s what I fall asleep to.”

To further prove her devotion to the genre during her GQ interview, Megan divulged some of her recent watches while showing off a manicure inspired by the anime Blue Exorcist.

If you’re interested in anime but don’t know where to start, why not take your cues from Megan? In honor of the “otaku hottie” herself, we’ve rounded up some of the rapper’s favorite anime series that you can stream right now on Hulu, Apple TV, Crunchyroll and Amazon’s Prime Video. We’re talking big names such as Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia, along with throwbacks including Hunter x Hunter and Inuyasha.

You know it, you love it, it’s My Hero Academia. If you don’t know about this anime, it was released in the U.S. back in 2018 and became a hit from the jump. The animated series is set in a world where everyone is given “quirks” when they’re born. Some of these people will use said quirks to become superheroes.

The story’s protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, aspires to be a hero too, but here’s the catch: He doesn’t have a quirk. You can stream this anime on Hulu, Apple TV, and Prime Video, all with a subscription. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads. The show currently has seven seasons and is ongoing. The last season, season eight, is set to release in October. The anime can be streamed English-dubbed or with English subtitles.

Megan has shared her love for the series a number of times. Back in 2019, the musician graced the cover of Paper Magazine cosplaying Todoroki, a character with a fire and ice quirk, from the series. Then in 2022, Megan shared another cosplay on her Instagram, this time of Mirko, whose quirk grants her the physical attributes and abilities of a rabbit.

Attack on Titan is another widely beloved anime that took the U.S. by storm with its launch in 2014. The series has four seasons that can be streamed on Hulu, Prime Video and Apple TV with a subscription. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads. Lucky for late adopters, the show ended back in 2023, so you can stream the show in its entirety right now. The anime can be streamed with English subtitles and an English dub.

The show is set in an apocalyptic world where humans are forced to live in walled-off cities to protect them from human-eating Titans. The anime centers around Eren Yeager, who vows to take down the Titans after one destroys his home and kills his mother. Megan showed her love for the series in her 2024 track “Wanna Be” with GloRilla by referencing the show’s Female Titan.

Hunter x Hunter is a classic anime. The series was released in 2011 and features six seasons. The series aired until 2014. The 1998 manga that the anime was based on is still ongoing as of 2024. You can stream the 2011 anime adaptation on Apple TV and Hulu with a subscription. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads.

Quickly summarizing the story is borderline impossible. However, to put it simply, the anime is all about Hunters. These Hunters are licensed members of society who get licensed by passing the rigorous Hunter’s Examination. The anime’s protagonist Gon Freecss dreams of becoming a Hunter like his estranged father. The “Mamushi” rapper has openly spoken about her polarizing love of villain Hisoka, a character that is widely disliked in the fandom. Despite this, Megan rides for him.

Jujutsu Kaisen exploded onto the anime scene back in 2020, garnering widespread love for its unique animation style and striking cast of characters. The show is based on a manga of the same name by Gege Akutami that began serialization in 2018. As of now, there are two available seasons that you can stream on Prime Video, Apple TV and Hulu in English dubbed or with English subtitles. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads.

The third season is set to release in 2026. The show centers around Yuji Itadori, a high schooler who swallows a cursed object, a finger from the dangerous sorcerer Ryomen Sukuna, giving him access to powers. Yuji has to find a way to control Sukuna and free himself from the curse he’s under through an excoriation while training to become a Jujutsu sorcerer.

Megan’s track “Otaku Hot Girl” on her 2024 album MEGAN features a sample from the Jujutsu Kaisen soundtrack along with a voice line from voice actor Adam McAurthur, who plays Yuji in the anime’s English dub. Also in 2024, Megan posted a cosplay of one of the anime’s main characters, Satoru Gojo, to her Instagram.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is extremely popular, and it’s easy to see why. The story is beyond wacky and engaging, while the art and animation styles are unlike anything the anime world has seen before. The anime is still ongoing and was released back in 2012 and is based on a manga of the same name by Hirohiko Araki.

You can stream JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure right now in English dubbed or with English subtitles via Apple TV, Prime Video and Hulu with a subscription. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads. As of 2025, there are six seasons of the anime available. The seventh season, titled “Steel Ball Run,” is currently in production. Both the anime and manga are situated into parts, like an anthology, with different characters and plots that all interlock in one way or another.

The key unifier in every story is the Joestar bloodline stemming from the series’ first-ever protagonist, Jonathan Joestar. Every main character is a part of the Joestar lineage, signified by a star-shaped birthmark. Although the plot is much too complicated to explain properly, all you need to know is that all the characters in the series have powers of some kind, whether that be with fighting ghosts called Stands, featured in the later seasons, or through a fighting technique called Hamon in the first two seasons.

As for Megan’s love of the anime, well, it goes pretty deep. While in attendance at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024, the rapper paid homage to one of the series’ main characters, Bruno Bucciarati, by cosplaying as the character on the red carpet. Megan has also cosplayed Jolyne Cujoh and Trish Una from the series.

Inuyasha might be one of the oldest entries on this list, but it’s still just as popular as the rest. The anime first aired back in the 2000s and ran until 2004. The series is comprised of seven seasons that can be streamed in English dubbed or with English subtitles on Hulu and Prime Video with a subscription. You can stream on Crunchyroll without a subscription, but you’ll have to watch ads.

The anime centers around Kagome Higurashi, a modern-day schoolgirl who is transported back in time to feudal Japan. Kagome discovers that she is the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyo and accidentally summons a half-demon named Inuyasha. The pair then embarks on a journey to find the scattered fragments of the Shikon Jewel, which is a powerful jewel that can grant immense power.

In an interview with Polygon back in 2024, Megan spoke about the definitive “hot girl” in anime. Her answer? Inuyasha’s main protagonist Kagome. “She got all the boys fighting over her; she’s running around with her jewelry around her neck trying to put it all back together, and she just always comes out on top,” Megan told Polygon. “Also, she has good hair. That’s important.”